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My friend went to the doctor, (23, M, 5’8 160 lbs for reference) and had a shocking result. He was considering getting into lifting and heard my friends and I talk about test levels and shit all the time so he (for the laughs) decides to get a test done. Unfortunately since most doctors don’t bother checking anything he only got total tested. It came back at 2700 ng/dl. This guy has some lean muscle, but doesn’t do much exercise or lift at all and is more the academic and party going type. He has no symptoms of any health problems and feels fine but his doctor leaped out of his chair and called him late at night saying he needs to immediately go for a scan and stuff. Now my friend is freaking out that he has some kind of illness or something. I’m not asking for professional advice just scratching my head at WTF this could be. He also looks normal, has wide shoulders but not like bodybuilder width and surprisingly doesn’t have a super small waist either. Nor does he have a super deep voice or a lot of facial hair. So strange would love to hear what you guys think.

These few days I been ranting, I hope nobody will bash me with words. It's okay to read my rant just don't push me down further as I don't even know how to lead in life with a smile, My heart feels so stigmatized, tight and heavy. Being born shortly after by my biological mom, some unverified reason happen between my mom and dad leads to divorce. I was very young back then, probably 3-5 years old and I can't talk as I have not yet learn how to, suddenly as this point of time writing this post, I can't believe how much time has passed, the last time I was a child, I felt small, my hands, legs, and there are less things I know about the world, I wasn't so upset or so depressed, but something wasn't feeling right, that love and emptiness I felt, even though I can't describe how it feels back then but subconsciously I miss my mom so much, I have only a memory left of my mom that before she abandoned me, my dad bring me to visit my mom once in awhile, ok very attached to my mom and would hug her everytime I see her. Even though like I said I can't speak, I enjoyed spending the short time with her at her house with my grand mother, I can no longer remember their faces, I know my mom was a very pretty lady wnd petite lady though she was short. She would buy DVDs something that genz won't understand, of Pokemon and digimon animes but back then I don't know it's an anime _(..)/ I could sit at the bedroom on the bed watching peacefully, I don't know what the story in Pokemon and digimon was about back then but the memory remains there till as I grow up with understanding of Pokemon I know what was the thing of memory I had. The two things I remembered was that Bulbasaur refused to evolve even though his species has all evolve, despite Venusaur wanted him to do so, he was so attached to its trainer and that love force him to remain the same which I do not know why maybe the fear to be no longer the same identity? The another was whereby ash, misty, Brock was put into sleep by Gengar and they saw a giant gengar and Alakazam was fighting, but when they touch Gengar or it ate them they fell into his stomach not dead as of they're inside a giant jar, I also remember my grandma bring me to her work place which was primary school but everytime it was emlty, filled with no students maybe because it's weekend? I don't know but when I was with her, I would just run around the canteen while my grandma cleans the canteen, it was so nostalgic, life was so simple back then. I don't need to care anything else.. it was a very simple and sacred love I had from then, but looking backwards, it was a just call before the storm. Everything bad starts happened, before I notice I no longer able to see my mom and grandma again, I was sent to different of my mom I think from my dad but it was just a short time, and I was constantly move from one place to another, but of course the reason was because nobody want to for free especially without money, fast forward that my dad married another woman, and that was really the nightmare that soon to begin, although when I was told to call her mom, it will never ever replace the love I had for my biological mom even though her love for me and the time spending her was short. As I was growing I will always ask my dad where's my mom and he know I was referring to my biological mom as I was very attached to her. I miss her and I know she will never come back but a child I do not know why and I just only kept missing her. That woman that my dad marries brought me to her family, they are a very traditional kind of mindset family and sort of rich, well selling fishball noodles till able to demolish and rebuild terrace house ya over the last few years and I was living there since then till I'm 12 years old. Moving to my dad's house was the hell period and start of the nightmare, always constantly I get beaten up by canning all over my leg and body, forcing to stand for 2 hours because I was too stupid unable study well. I remembered now suddenly that I was force to keep memorize English words for 2 hours sometimes and while crying and standing I had to repeat the words that I am learning for, spelling test often has in school that's why*
Fast forward to secondary school a new school for me, at age of 13/14, lost my previous friends as they went other schools because I wasn't staying at the woman's family house anymore which was nearer to my previous school. Orientation of the school day which is first day, my days of being bullied starts, was bullied by my group of Malay classmates, and I got angry but I cried while angry that is why the bullying continues for 3-4 years, each time I angry, I'll cry at the same time even when I'm angry. There was once my entire school books in my school bag was thrown into the dustbin according to the teachers and couldn't be found. It will be funny, like who even bring entire year of school books? Yup that's me, that woman wanted me to bring and I hate to bring or put it in my bag. I wanted to make friends with my classmates, even those female classmates but I do not know how, like 13 years old kids nowadays knows how to use iphone and I don't even know how to say: May I be your friend, because this doesn't exist in my brain, which I do not know how to even say or what's sentence so the only way to get their attention was by running around in class, and running to slam myself into the wall, pulling girls hairs to get their attention, it's kind of childish, but what to do? I literally don't even know how basic gestures works. Another reasons why I can't express myself properly was also because of my ADHD symptoms and back then I was very very hyperactive! for my school life, can't go anywhere after school and only home and I only can study at home, there's nothing for me to play and it was very bored as I can't sit still, it feels like a prison especially when holiday comes because I can never go out to play. Although I dislike that woman but I like her mother, she's the only one who will pamper me, and often I go back with her to that family house when I was at the hakwer centre, well they're selling fishball noodles that's why. Always when I wanted those toys from capsule machine, which cost a dollar, she gave me but when that woman knows I always get scolded for asking people to buy for me things. My classmates sometimes ask me why does my legs are full of blackmarks but I was scared, I do not dare to tell them that it was because that woman canes me almost everyday. Something causes my parents to talk to my school counselor because of me getting bullied in school everyday and that was a huge alarm as when I get bullied I would scream to the extend almost the whole school would heard and teachers has to come out of the office to look what's happening, my school counselor advise my dad to bring me to see a psychologist I think which is at child guidance clinic and also a time table where by I can go out 2-3 days, but when I was late on of the days when I called that woman, as my dad was busy driving taxi. She threatened me in Chinese that when I go home I will know what happened, terrified of that I dare not go home and had to sleep outside my classmates house which is at the stairs for 1 night, that woman made a police report not because of me lost but because I didn't return home to get beaten by her. Police didn't understand me either and there's no child protection law back then so I only can constantly get more beatings, as mentioned for going to child guidances, I was given to do IQ test but, of course they didn't tell me and till now I don't even know how high is my IQ level but more importantly my dad and that woman just wanted that medicine as they thought it will call me down even after getting beaten, everytime I get beaten and my anger and fear reach broke I will cried and lost control of myself and when one day I decided not to eat anymore they stop bringing me to see doctor because it can no longer control me. I was given only $4 a day, but my classmate who pity me will bring me out after school to lan cafe to play computer with my other classmates, a group of 5 including me. My dad and that women eventually found out and also knows that my school has a system of giving food coupons and that made that woman make her next move by reducing my pocket money to $2. I forgot to mention too, with my medical condition I was unstable in my mind and emotions but they seems to have a habit of further scolding, beating, and agitating me further and alot of times I only can cry in fear against them in the house as there's no other adults there to protect me. This fear letched on to me and made me very very negative, lonely, till today. Alot of times I wanted to find ways to (sui side, wrote in this way to avoid using sensitive words) there was once in army (19 years old) I went and bought a box of Panadols and swallowed 15 -18 tablets but I somehow knew it wasn't enough or deadly to end my life, ended up me seeing medical doctor at the airbase I was in and went to hospital to have IV drip to also flush out the paracetamol, ever since them I no longer able to take Panadol or tablets with similar taste and size due to allergic or the the featrauma of my body subconscious.
At the end of the day, during my entire growing stage life from child to adult, my brain devloped twice as slow than everyone my age and even till today there are some things I may not understand which sounds complicated to me or I'll never understand. I didn't have a normal love life either having girls comes up to me telling me they like me or me confessing to girls I like because I don't even know what's like and love, there was a girl I like and everytime she saw me she would wave to me, she's from a different class as she's smart, probably express or normal acad and is a sort of student council, a contemporary dancer in her cca, I subconsciously like her back then not know that. I always envy others when I walker pass those children with their parents who bring them out or when I sees them so happy playing or interacting with each other. I could only ask my self in my heart, why am I so different and why I couldn't have what normal people haves. Things that are worse is when I see baby or young child cries, my heart start to beat fast and I start to become Abit distracted and uncomfortable, maybe emotional because of the trauma I got child abused. I always sees many girls confessing to my classmate and his younger brother, envy that why so many girls like them, like felt they're so cool enough for girls to approach them be it irl, or online through Facebook. I guess the most depressing and unpleasant moments was I constantly sees girls going to their house to get **** by my classmate's brother, and I knew those girls like them but to him it's just flings, I felt so engioue everything in my life I'm opposite of what normal humans are, and all these experience and memories letch on to me till today made me unable to express or communicate well with people, I feel very lonely, especially after whek my ex classmate and his family treated me so badly, as I was degraded for not working, and saying my medical condition is nothing compared to people with autism and disability like having no hands and no legs, I was also compared to Michael Phelps through my ex-classmate brother, when I have no money I was treated badly and look down on, especially when they buy food for me and then proceed to say those stuffs towards me but when I have money they became so friendly, they made me left my dad's house which give my dad to tell me not to go back his house anymore as he was planning to "sell his house to buy a smaller house" due to debts. My classmate doesn't bother how I felt or my situation, because they lost job during covid period so asking me to rent there would help them have some cash, fast forward to 1 year ago I was rushed by them to get out of their house we one or their siblings coming back from oversea with his wife. I have no one else so I have to apply for a shelter from social workers, and when that extend from November to December till today they demand me to pay $300 when they knew I have no money even when I'm planning to study. Last few weeks because if that I started crying and got very uncontrollably depressed, I realisi that one of the reason because of them that made me depress and affect my behavior and life was because of them. My dad doesn't talk to me for 2 years and suddenly he message me to wish my birthday wish last year but realized he wanted to borrow money from me. Many people told me just let go off the past but how many actually knows that it's easier said than done, basically like a heavy chain are anchoring to me. Nobody knows how it feels to be alone in this entire world, having no one to be there with you be it, the time where I'm happy, sad, having surgery, suffering and crying alone. Even though I can't end my life because of fear and lack of beavery, I'm living a life of monochrome just to wait for me one day to leave this world be it old, sickness, or accident. I really hope one day I will be free from this anchors of pain, fear and grief.

Staph infection?
Age: 23 Gender: female Nationality/ethnicity: White British Weight: 53kg Height: 5ft1
I have been away backpacking in SE Asia since early April 2023. While I was in the Philippines, I noticed I started to get mild bumps / mild acne on my bum cheeks. I thought this might be caused by sitting in wet bikinis and in the sand a lot of the time as we were travelling the islands. We are also staying in hostel dorms so I wondered if the sheets weren’t that clean / I might be irritated by the laundry detergent etc etc
About 2.5 weeks I noticed that one of the spots on my right bum cheek had swollen and become a hard red bump. After a while a black hard head appeared on the bump and it continued to get bigger. I put a plaster on it and then it popped and pus came out of it. I googled it and found out this was a bum boil.
Since then, I have had 3 more (so 4 in total) of these boils. They are not directly clustered together but have all been on the right bum cheek and all had same symptoms.
Is this a staph infection? Should I buy some antibiotics? It seems to be a lot of boils to recur in such a short space of time I.e 4 within a few weeks.
I’m currently in Vietnam so it will be tricky and possibly costly to go see a doctor but I can get a lot of different meds over the counter in most pharmacies here
Any advice would be much appreciated

Life hasn't been easy. Refugee to American immigrant at the age of 3. Growing up I had a loving father who helped hide my mom's narcissism. Unfortunately, he died when I was 13.
My mom became horrendous. My oldest sister was kicked out and she plotted everyone against her. I disagreed and my life became hell. Eventually, I left home at 15. I temporarily lived in a shelter until a teacher took me in.
I got into college, full ride. My family didn't know thinking I was a HS drop out. I became a doctor and started a successful med-tech company.
I met the girl of my dreams during my residency. She helped me through my childhood trauma and pushed me to start the company. She and her family paid off half of my student loans so I can focus on it. We've been legally married for about 5 years and the wedding was supposed to happen in a few months. We waited since she was finishing graduate school. She's had a few hiccups on the way. Some major ones that we tried to work out. Most recent one being this past week; she failed and had to repeat a year.
She came home today. Thinking that she graduated I surprised her with flowers. She started crying and told me she had to repeat a year. I tried to be supportive by telling her graduate school isn't easy and it'll be okay.
What was surprising was that she told me that she doesn't think she loves me. She likes that I'm smart and seem to know how to handle most situations. That when she comes home from rotations every month, she doesn't really look forward to it. The stuff she said made me not question if it's the stress of school, wedding, etc.
I just feel defeated.

Hello everyone, continuous bleeding sucks especially when it’s caused by something stuck in your arm. However, it does not mean that it’s the end of the world or that you need to get the implant removed. I thought it might be helpful to share this link that explains things you can do to stop the bleeding before ditching the implant entirely. Obviously you can do whatever you would like but finding a good birth control is hard and irregular bleeding can potentially be easily treatable compared to other birth control side effects like anxiety/depression. However I will say please please please talk to your doctor before trying any of these medications. https://cupag.org/period-options/implant/bleeding/index.html#:~:text=Anti%2Dinflammatory%20medication%2C%20like%20ibuprofen,5%20days%20in%20a%20row.

Hi lovelies, I wanted to start a series on basic guides for healthmaxxing topics based on data/science. This is what I am going to focus on and write up some basic guides for people over the coming month. I plan to write some posts on the basics of nutrition; exercise (strength training, cardio and flexibility), skincare, haircare; hygiene; sleep and also other health related guides and will include all easy to read references on the side so you can actually verify things (much easier than journal articles which requires some basic knowledge of stats and metrics). Prior to getting into this, I want to say all of these are my recommendations based on what I've researched and experienced (been doing this for a while and wrote up an extensive data driven guided for myself ages ago which worked for me). I know everyone has individual circumstances/experiences and so want to preface by saying whatever works for you is great but please try and make discussions/comments below value add for others reading with any data/scientific basis if you are suggesting. As a refreshe//I've written previously, my recommendations for your glow up journey starts with
Cycle 1: high reward/low risk cosmetic procedures and development of a basic grooming routine to get some confidence and feel better about yourself (about 3 months) Cycle 2: Healthmaxxing over a prolonged period (6 months - 1 year) to get yourself at the epitome of health that you can maintain for hopefully the rest of your life. Cycle 3: Hardmaxxing. Once you are at the epitome of health + have a fantastic grooming routine, you can start your surgery journey if need be and intelligently make decisions on what you actually need/have the health basis to recover. *** then cycle through again and again as you learn more. Basic Nutrition 101 Healthy Plate: To start with, we want to understand exactly what is a healthy plate and what does it comprise of. A summary of the Harvard School of Public Health Healthy Plate Guide (https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/healthy-eating-plate/)

• Half plate = vegetables (not potatoes) and fruits. Aim for colour + variety *** note these are the carbohydrattes we want
• Quarter plate = whole grains such as wheat, barley, quinoa, oats, brown rice. Not white bread, white rice and other refined grains *** note these are the carbohydrates we want
• Quarter plate protein = mostly fish, poultry, beans (legumes + peas). Limit red meat and completely stop having processed meats
• Health plant oils in moderation such as olive oil.

Grains: According to the Harvard School of Public Health Whole Grains Guide (https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/whole-grains/)
Avoid:

• Anything processed
• Fried
• White grains
• Potatoes
• Highly processed foods
• Refined sugar

What to have lots of :

• 100% whole grains because whole grains because they contain three parts: the bran (fibre-filled with B vitamins and minerals, as well as phytochemicals that help with disease prevention/protect against some cancers); the germ (nutrient pack core with B vitamins, vitamin E, phytochemicals and antioxidants) and the endosperm (starchy carbohydrate middle layer with protein and some vitamins). Outside of this the components have fibre that will allow for better digestion, maintenance of steady blood sugar, prevention of small blood clots etc.
  
• To tell if a food is high in whole grains choose unprocessed whole grains like: Amaranth Barley Brown rice Buckwheat Bulgur Millet Quinoa Rye Oats Wheat Berries Wild Rice
  
• Otherwise to tell if high in whole grains, Use the five USDA criteria to identify whole grains in a food product
  
  • Whole grain listed as first ingredient (most important thing to look at)
  • Added sugars not in the first three ingredients
  • Whole before any grain ingredient
  • Carb-fibre ratio of less than 10:1
  • Industry sponsored whole grain stamp

SUGGESTION: mix grains with lentils to get some extra protein when having rice dishes (and for a good meal, add some roast vegetables, spices and olives) Protein Key takeaways of some especially healthy protein sources:

• Legumes (Harvard School of Public Health Legumes guide - https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/legumes-pulses/ )
  
  • Legumes (including peas and beans) because they are an inexpensive source of protein, vitamins, complex carbs and fibre
  • Be more discriminate with products made from legumes such as tofu, hummus etc. because you want to be on the lookout for added sodium, sugar and saturated fat
• Canned oily fish (Harvard Medical School Article on canned fish - https://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletter_article/ask_the_doctor_is_canned_fish_good_for_the_heart and Harvard School of Public Health Fish guide - https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/fish/ )
  
  • Canned salmon, tuna, sardines, kippered herring, and other types of fish are pretty much on a par with fresh fish
  • They are full of health omega-3 fatty acids which are good for the heart, protect against inflammation and formation of blood clots in arteries. They also are high in vitamin D, selenium, protein and saturated fat
  • Smaller fish is better for less mercury and if you choose canned, fish canned in oil is better than water to retain more omega 3 fatty acids
  • Benefits from eating fish, outweigh costs of mercury exposure and at levels commonly consumed, there is limited and conflicting evidence for effects of mercury in adults (but those who are pregnant should be cautious and follow the above guidelines)

Getting into the specifics as based on Harvard Medical School Guide on Protein -https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/how-much-protein-do-you-need-every-day-201506188096#:~:text=For%20one%2C%20don't%20read,legumes%2C%20nuts%2C%20and%20vegetables and Harvard School of Public Health Guide on Protein - https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/protein/
What to avoid:

• Read meat including Beef Pork Lamb Veal Goat meat
• Processed meat Bacon Sausages Cold cuts
• Dairy in moderation
• Soy in moderation because it has other stuff on the label which you need to pay attention to(Harvard School of Public Health quick tips - - https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/2014/02/12/5-quick-tips-choosing-healthy-protein-foods/ )

What to eat lots of:

• Legumes - and if most of the protein comes from plants, make sure you mix up sources so no essential components of protein are missing. Examples include Lentils Beans like black, chickpeas, kidney, lima, mung, pinto Peas like green, snow, snap, split Edamame/soybeans and products made from soy like tofu, tempeh
• Nuts Almonds Pistachios Cashews Walnuts Hazelnuts Pecans Help seeds Pumpkin seeds Sunflower seeds Flax seeds Chia seeds
• Upgrade source of animal protein to:
  • Seafood (fish, crustaceans, molluscs)
  • Eggs
  • Poultry
    • Chicken
    • Turkey
    • Duck
  • Dairy
    • In moderation of 1-2 servings a day
    • Yoghurt is better than servings all from milk and cheese
• note that animal based foods (meat, poultry, fish, eggs and dairy) tend to be good sources of complete proteins whereas plant based foods (vegetables, grains, nuts and seeds) often lack one or more amino acid.
  
• General guidelines: (NSCA2 )
  
  • Weight loss of about 1% of total bodyweight is a common guideline
  • During caloric restriction, have daily protein intake of 1.5-2g/kg of body weight
  • Consume protein prior to and immediately after a workout along with carbohydrates
  • Also better to choose higher protein foods instead of protein shakes and powders loaded with sugars (Harvard School of Public Health quick tips - https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/2014/02/12/5-quick-tips-choosing-healthy-protein-foods/ )

Suggestion: Eat a variety such as eggs/canned fish breakfast, beans/poultry lunch, salmon/tofu dinner. For cheap easy eats, grain bowls with legumes and tinned fish on toast with picked vegetables is a good go. Vegetables: After doing an analysis via cronometer on the best foods for various micro intakes (highest amounts and most efficient), here is what I came up with:

• Fibre = Black beans; whole grains like oats; raspberries, artichoke hearts, rhubarb
• Iron = oysters, mushrooms, molluscs, spinach. Liver (and animal sources are better absorbed)
• Calcium = rhubarb, milk; cheese; yoghurt, spinach; okra, tofu,
• Vitamin A = liver (like across all sorts of liver), kale, spinach, lettuce, carrots, yellow and orange vegetables like carrots and pumpkin
• Vitamin C = acerola cherry, red and yellow peppers (particularly this), pineapple, melon, peaches, zucchini, broccoli, spinach, strawberries
• B12 = supplement
• Folate = green vegetables like edamame, asparagus, Brussel sprouts, spinach, beans, lentils, liver
• Potassium = rhubarb, amaranth leaves, legumes, Bok choy, mushrooms, leafy greens (spinach, Swiss chard)
• B1 - B12 = nutritional yeast and whole grains, also liver and mushrooms, eggs
• Vitamin D = mushrooms (all sorts!!!), super high. oily fish like salmon, mackerel, sardines, eggs
• Vitamin E = acai berry; sunflower seeds, almonds, red pepper, spinach
• Vitamin K = kale, spinach, sweet potatoes, avocados
• Copper = liver, oysters, kale, mushrooms
• Magnesium = Swiss chard, legumes, spinach, kale hemp seeds
• Manganese = acai berry; chickpeas; blueberries; brown rice, quinoa, chia seeds, liver and zucchini, peppers
• Phosphorous = milk, meat and fish hemp seeds
• Selenium = fish, nuts, eggs, mushrooms (particular tuna, oyster, mixed nuts)
• Zinc = supplement it
• Omega 3 = 3 flaxseeds; chia seeds; mackerel, salmon
• Omega 6 = sunflower seeds, pine nuts, watermelon, sweet and green peppers, kale, spinach

What can be concluded from the above about things that come up the most:

• Eat lots and lots of leafy greens! This is a fantastic bang for your buck for nutrition
• Supplement B12 and vitamin D also add in nutritional yeast
• Some seeds are particularly good like hemp seeds chia seeds; flax seeds and sunflower seeds. Add them to salads and grain bowls
• Mushrooms ( Shiitake, oyster, maitake, and king oyster mushrooms have the highest concentrations of ergothioneine. - harvard)
• Berries for antioxidants

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What I personally like to do to stay within calorie limit and meet targets
Use two apps:

• Chronometer to track intake
• Dr greger's daily dozen for inspiration and general guidelines in my head on portions (even though I am not vegan, I use it to help think about how much rice I should have or say intake of leafy greens for a side salad)

For my meal plan:
I personally find it difficult to have a new meal for all three meals and don't like to spend so much time cooking and having to come up with creative ways to meet micro goals (it's hard because there are so many). So instead I spent a few hours on cronometer to experiment several basic meals I can have during my day to hit most of my micro goals and give myself room for dinner to choose something healthy that isn't so strict.
For me this looks like a:

• Fruit smoothie in the morning with Greek yoghurt; almond milk, berries and other fruits in season. (I struggle to get calcium otherwise in my day and this is the easiest way to make sure I get it)
• 1 big grain bowl lunch OR dinner consisting of:
  • Steamed whole grain e.g. wild rice, quinoa.
  • airfried easy chicken breast OR tofu/tempeh OR fish depending on what I'm feeling like
  • Roast veges/legumes ( I change up the vegetables depending on what's in season and same with legumes depending on what I have).. To do this I simply toss 1 can of a legumes and vegetables with olive oil; spices, a bit of nutritional yeast.. For vegetables I choose vegetables in every one of the below categories for a variety of textures and will alternate depending on what is in season.
    • Round root vegetables (like beets, sweet potatoes)
    • Mushrooms (compulsory) , Bell peppers, Onions , Cherry tomatoes
    • Long root vegetables (like carrots and parsnips)
    • Cruciferous vegetables (brussels sprouts, cauliflower, broccoli)
    • Greens
    • Soft vegetables (like other stuff, eggplant, zucchini)
    • Then to top of it off, I will add a bit of lemon juice + cheese and nuts and seeds depending on what is in the pantry
• As a snack/on the side, I will always have a big bowl of mixed greens with easy low calorie dressings I make myself with avocados, nuts, olive oil, herbs (I actually enjoy eating it separately). I don't snack otherwise
• Dinner will be anything I like that is healthy (but isn't so rigid about number of veges etc. because I already have met most of my nutritional needs already) e.g. thai cashew chicken; alison roman's shallot pasta with anchovies with a side salad; dumplings and steamed vegetables; salmon poke bowls; chicken roasts

** I always track my calories to make sure i'm eating well and this keeps me

The moment I am referring to is Yusuke's Rank 6 in Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight. Video of it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBdDTsbh8Dk
I will admit that I am the type of person to consider two characters sitting next to each other as shipping proof if I really want them to be together, but I do think that this scene was meant to imply that Yusuke has a crush.
To briefly sum up the scene, Ryuji, Yusuke, and Ren (or Akira if that's what you prefer) are discussing the girls dancing, which Ryuji soon asks the type of girl each guy prefers. Yusuke initially states that he doesn't have a type, which Ryuji interprets as he is gay. Yusuke then goes on to explain that every woman is unique and in that sense, every woman is his type and then ends the conversation. Ryuji ends up even more confused than he was previously.
If I may put the shipping goggles on for a minute, there is some dialogue in the beginning that seems to imply that Yusuke has a crush on Futaba:

Ryuji: Girl's dancin'...Pretty hot, right?
Yusuke: Don't tell me...have you been leering at Futaba during her routines?
Ryuji: Why'd the hell'd you bring HER up, man?

I think that there are two ways to interpret this. Yusuke is showing off his protective side and upset that Ryuji is checking out Futaba, or Yusuke is projecting as he could have been "leering at Futaba during her routines." Regardless, Yusuke hears the words "girls" and "hot" and his mind jumps straight to Futaba.
After the player chooses Ren dialogue, where can also choose to bring up Futaba or not, Yusuke soon after says this:

After all, there are numerous species of birds that perform courtship dances. Perhaps an attraction to dancing women is mere natural instinct.

Which again, is Yusuke's mind jumping straight to romance whereas Ryuji was just thinking about how hot they are. And regardless of dialogue the player chooses, Yusuke will bring up Futaba in the initial exchange no matter what. So there might be some lingering thoughts. And this might be a stretch, but Yusuke is one of the few Phantom Thieves with a full animal motif, which while not a bird, still goes with the idea of natural instinct.
Next thing of note is that when Ryuji asks Yusuke what is his type of girl, Yusuke does not want to answer, and only reluctantly agrees to the conversation when Ryuji points out that this is a normal conversation for guys to have. Which I will bring this up later.
Ryuji answers a hot bod to no one's surprise. Ren answers based on how the player chooses. And Yusuke...

My preferred type of woman...I have none.

Ryuji takes this to mean that Yusuke is gay and immediately asks to clarify, but Yusuke is not done.

Enough of your preposterous prying. What I meant was I'm not focused on any particular type. In other words...All women are my type.

Yusuke then goes on to further explain his interest in women.

Women are most intriguing when they inspire me...Each woman has traits that set her apart from the rest. And those traits are all so splendid...Individuality is a wellspring of inspiration...Therefore, all women are my type!

Even though Yusuke claims it's all women, it's obvious that there is one that is focusing on. It sounds like his mind is focusing on a specific set of traits. Which I believe belong to Futaba. In the original game Yusuke notes that Futaba "marches to the beat of her own drum" (or something along those lines) and comments on her uniqueness several times. He clearly cares about her individuality. At the very least, given that Yusuke was the one to bring her up into the conversation, it's possible that she's still in the forefront of his mind.
Overall, I think with this scene, ATLUS is trying to imply that Yusuke has a crush on Futaba.
If you will allow me to put the shipping goggles on even tighter, I think that there is a little more to see in this rank. As a warning, this gets a little headcanon-y.
Going off the idea that he has a crush, I think that this scene is also meant to be Yusuke trying to save face. I think that Yusuke was taken aback by Ryuji's reaction to bringing up Futaba. Ryuji seemed a little disturbed at the idea of ogling Futaba and her being viewed as "hot", which I think makes sense as he tends to view her as a little sister. He's very protective of her, you can really see this in the anime and in her social link in this game (at least I'm pretty sure-it's been a little while).
I think in this moment, Yusuke realized that he is talking about Futaba's attractiveness with Ren, Futaba's surrogate brother (regardless of romance option) and Ryuji who acts like a protective big brother. So when the conversation of "what type of girl are you into?" starts, Yusuke does not want to participate. There could also be that fear of not being ready to admit a crush, especially to people your crush is close to.
And so Yusuke decides that he wants to end this conversation quickly. He deflects, saying that he doesn't have a type. It is only when Ryuji tries to ask about his sexuality that he realizes his error. If the boys think he's gay, there's a chance they'll tell the girls and Futaba will find out and he'll lose his chance. So he changes his answer to every woman. Proving that he is straight and would absolutely be interested if Futaba happens to like him back. And of course while trying to describe "all women" his description focuses more on a certain red-head. Plus it confuses Ryuji, and that's always funny to him.
So basically, I think that this scene is meant to show Yusuke trying to hide/deny his crush on Futaba, only to panic when he fears that he may be going too far and could lose his chance.
And even if you think that was a bit of a stretch, I do still think that there are hints of Yusuke having a crush on Futaba. But regardless, what do you guys think? Do you agree? Do you think I'm crazy? Let me know in the comments so we can keep the discussion going. And also let me know if you want to see more of this because I had a blast writing this and want to do more!

Age: 23 Gender: female Nationality/ethnicity: White British Weight: 53kg Height: 5ft1
I have been away backpacking in SE Asia since early April 2023. While I was in the Philippines, I noticed I started to get mild bumps / mild acne on my bum cheeks. I thought this might be caused by sitting in wet bikinis and in the sand a lot of the time as we were travelling the islands. We are also staying in hostel dorms so I wondered if the sheets weren’t that clean / I might be irritated by the laundry detergent etc etc
About 2.5 weeks I noticed that one of the spots on my right bum cheek had swollen and become a hard red bump. After a while a black hard head appeared on the bump and it continued to get bigger. I put a plaster on it and then it popped and pus came out of it. I googled it and found out this was a bum boil.
Since then, I have had 3 more (so 4 in total) of these boils. They are not directly clustered together but have all been on the right bum cheek and all had same symptoms.
Is this a staph infection? Should I buy some antibiotics? It seems to be a lot of boils to recur in such a short space of time I.e 4 within a few weeks.
I’m currently in Vietnam so it will be tricky and possibly costly to go see a doctor but I can get a lot of different meds over the counter in most pharmacies here
Any advice would be much appreciated

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sigh I couldn’t copy/paste from my post that was deleted from auto moderator so I’m going to try again. Too tired to include everything I had, but I’ll try my best.
32F 5’6 120 lb Current meds: Wellbutrin My last yearly blood work was done in 2021 with no concerning findings except 5.75 TSH which doctor felt didn’t need attention.

1. In 2015 multiple x rays and MRI done due to hip pain. Findings included “mild sclerosis of SI joint” and labral tear. Labral tear on right hip was repaired.
   
2. Three months ago saw PCP for extreme fatigue. Vit D was found to be 12. Just finished 3 mo of prescription vitamin D. I don’t feel different, but hoping for improvement on blood draw in two weeks.
   
3. I’ve had low back pain for about a year. The past few weeks it got pretty bad, especially this past week. On Monday and Tuesday I could not even walk. CT Scan at ER said “multiple sclerotic lesions on the bilateral iliac and sacral bones”. No blood work was done.
   

The ER doctor only said that he was referring me to MD Anderson cancer and he described the lesions to a shotgun shells going everywhere when they got their target (made sense to my husband but not really me). My questions are
-are any of them possibly related? -were these lesions the actual cause of my back pain? That was never addressed. -what could MD Anderson be looking for? Surely it’s just CYA. Any ideas what to expect? -what is the treatment for these lesions if it is the cause of the back pain? I never want to feel that pain again. Now I’m only sore thankfully.

[DISCLAIMER: THIS WAS AN ONLINE RELATIONSHIP]
I met my ex boyfriend about 3 years ago, sometime in June of 2021. We were best friends until he asked me out 7-8 months after we met. We were going steady and our 4 month anniversary was coming up, I met new friends and my life felt amazing. Skip to September of 2022, we were still good but now he was making alt accounts, creating new people. I had all of the alt accounts added, the reason he made them was because he wanted people to see him differently and treat him better. Fully understandable right? I added him to the server with all of our friends and we were joking around, until one of my best friends at the time started flirting with him. Not mad at my friend not blaming them at all, they had no clue and to this day feel guilty about it. My ex flirted back to my friend instead of shutting it down and confessing right there and then. A few months pass and I finally get the courage to tell my ex that I was uncomfortable with what he was doing (he was still talking to my best friend behind my back) he told me that I shouldn't worry because my friend didn't like him, they liked his alt accounts persona. I of course kept telling him it was wrong and that he should stop before it gets worse, he never listened. During all of this he wrote me notes and amazing pages of sweet stuff saying he loved me. This caused me in the end to block my best friend he was flirting with and I wasn't even able to give a reason as to why to my friend. Skip ahead to around the end of April this year, I added my best friend back and apologized, still not able to give reasons. In the end my friend had found out my ex was the fake person he was flirting with and loved. Only because I told their friend and he logged into their account and saw it. My friend had then told me that my ex had flirted back to them all the time and wrote long NSFW paragraphs to them saying he loved them. With screenshot proof of course. I decided to confront my ex about it the next day asking if any of it was true, which he them admitted it all was. I had asked him why and he told me that he didn't take our relationship seriously because we're young. He had told me he felt more of a NSFW desire to my best friend rather than me, one big unfair thing was when I talked about NSFW stuff to him, like desires, he would say he got uncomfortable. My friend always talked about NSFW desires targeted to him and he would go along with it. I broke up with him of course and said what he did was wrong. He thought we were all good and that we could stay friends, I ghosted him after that and would barely text him back. He would message me about new people he liked and said that he fully moved on, which yes congrats I did as well. I would listen to him talk about how amazing the people were that he liked, but when I talked about the person I liked he would tell me he felt jealous and sad. Not fair at all in my eyes. He realized after a while that I was responding to him less and less and asked about it. I told him I needed space and not to message me first unless he really needed something, later that day he ended up sending a photo of his chest. I was appalled, the fact he did that went way against boundaries at that point. On May 19th I had messaged him that I was going to unfriend him, he begged and pleaded saying he would breakdown and wouldn't be ok. I kept saying over and over that I was going to unfriend him either way, I ended up having to go right before I could text more. By the time I got back I had gotten a message from his best friend asking if I was ok. I was really confused and asked why and said of course I was ok, he told me something about my ex blocking me and it ended up being true. He had blocked me on everything without even saying a word to me, after I had taken 5 hours out of my day arguing with him that I was going to unfriend him so he wouldn't be super hurt by it. It was honestly a great day, I got to spend time with someone who actually loved me for the rest of it. I told some people what he had done afterwards and they had no idea since he never confessed to anyone else about it, obviously. That made some people actually distance themselves, thank god for that. Honestly please just be a good person, be loyal, and don't take people for granted. This completely affected my year and it's gonna be hard for me to trust love since I never even saw it coming. Thank you for reading, even if you skimmed it. I'm not necessarily looking for any words of encouragement, I'm completely over him. Just needed someone to know. <3

Hi. These two problems mentioned above have caused me alot of pain and suffering. No one around me seems to have the issue of sweating like some dog. I work in a airconed place and have to go into a 5 degree cold room and still sweat. Also not talking loudly has lead me to be pushed around alot and when I have had enough I decide to raise my voice and it sounds like yelling. I have managed to eradicate the sweating and my clothes smelling like wet clothes by putting anti perspirant, armpit sweat patches and, eue de toillette, bringing emergency clothes, showering many times and avoiding garlic, onions and spices but this is extremely tiring and the doctors I went to straight up tell me its not a big deal. Also I want to project my voice and speak from the diaphragm but I am extremely unsure how. Talking louder is causing me throat problems. Even when talking to girls, a girl close friend told me its an ick that I talk so soft. I tried to workout and lose fat(have a good appearance) to compensate for this while it works I have to confront these will be judged as my personality. It would be great if I could receive some advice on what to do. I gave this question here because the Singapore reddit seems to be full of toxic,grumpy trolls. I appreciate any and all tips

Boa noite, everybody, welcome to São Paulo! We’re here for Firestorm 120, and we have four phenomenal matches for all of you! Let’s not waste any more time, we’re jumping right into these results!
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Wife Lover vs. Wife Killer: Victor Williams vs. Cactus Mike (c) - FBE Television Championship Eliminator
In our opening contest, Cactus Mike, our FBE Television Champion, is taking on Wife Killer Victor Williams. The Weeknd’s biggest fan has a chance to add himself to the FBE Television Championship Match at WarZone, but to do so, he has to get through the Cardiac Cactus. After a phenomenal contest, the man getting his arm raised at the end of it all is…CACTUS MIKE! Mike gets the W tonight, and will only have to focus on Hunter Maguire at WarZone! However, before that, he has to take on his fellow Ark brother, Kaze Tanaka, in the first round of the Heyman Classic.
Cactus Mike (12) def. Victor Williams (4)
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Not-So-Warm Welcome: Vix vs. Maxwell Davis
Vix is a former FBC Intercontinental Champion, which is VERY important. The stalwart Junior is welcoming a new one to the squared circle tonight, as Corey Youngblood’s mortal enemy Maxwell Davis makes his debut for us. Both Juniors gave tonight’s contest their all, but at the end of the day, Vix picked up the victory! A rude awakening for Maxwell Davis, but he showed obvious potential to do damage in this promotion.
Vix (9) def. Maxwell Davis (6)
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Live and Let Thai: Bengt Holm vs. Jay Castle
Bengt Holm showed up tonight looking for a fight, and decided to indulge himself by setting up an Open Challenge. Out came The Hometown Hero, Sãu Paulo’s favourite son, Jay Castle. Castle has had himself a hell of a past few weeks. He joined The Aether Aces, taking Code Blue’s eye out in the process, and now, he’s the FBE “Intercontinental Champion” in possession of the belt that Ethan Fadely stole from Travis Crowley. This Pure Rules match was back-and-forth…BUT JAY CASTLE SENT A MESSAGE TO TRAVIS CROWLEY, GETTING THE WIN AND CELEBRATING LIKE A CHAMPION SHOULD! He’s got The DeadStar in the first round of the Heyman, and tonight was a statement victory for him!
Jay Castle (11) def. Bengt Holm (4)
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Why Is A Doctor Fighting A Psych Patient?: Logan Wright vs. Misery - Guerrilla Warfare Qualifier
And now, OUR MAAAAIIIIIIINNNNN EVENT OF THE EVENING! Misery, perhaps the most dangerous member of DTJ, was a tremendous Junior Champ, looking to be the second member of her faction to enter the Guerrilla Warfare match. Dr. Logan Wright, double champ, The Ark’s MVP of 2023 so far, gearing up for a huge match with Apeirogone on P.U.R.E. Only one of these two warriors can claim the fourth and final spot in Guerrilla Warfare, and despite both of them doing incredibly well…THE DOCTOR WALKS AWAY WITH THE WIN! If all goes well for Logan Wright, he could get through Apeirogone, and then get through Capital STEEZ, Joshua Epps and the FBE World Heavyweight Champion Inferno, potentially becoming an FBE Triple Champion!
Dr. Logan Wright (11) def. Misery (5)
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Next week, we got the first round of the Heyman Classic, but after that, we got WarZone, and we want it to be a HUGE show! If you’re not booked for it, but you want to be, just message me or message Inferno and we’ll get you on the card! Great work by everybody tonight, you all killed it. Next week, the dance floor opens up, and the party rages on until fifteen of us die off. We never go out of style.

We need to ban landlords.
I worked selling home insurance policies and saw so many people stock-piling houses even though they weren't professional landlords (i.e. people with average jobs). A lot of people owned their own business (like restaurants_, but many of them were in high paying white collar professions (lots of doctors).
Some egregious examples to which people go to are:
-Faking their employment (I know that this was recently 'exposed' but it's still happening and there's no way to counter it afaik)
-A professional property flipper who titled the house under his 'separated' wife's name so that he can claim tax-exemption when it's sold.
-Buying homes in each of their children's names, as primary homes, when the children are actually in university about 700kms away.
Anyway, here's a few solutions.

1. A hefty and recurring tax for any property that's not their primary home (and no, you can't buy it in your 'separated' wife's name unless you sign the divorce papers).
2. You must make your own damn money in order to afford your own damn house.
3. Money must be made in Canada or if it's brought in internationally, you should have a rigorous background check of how you made that money--this background check must be so prohibitively exhaustive and lengthy to the point that it deters people.
4. Let big banks (the most corrupt players of them all, imo) fail. No bank bailouts!
5. Stop building luxury homes and build more homes for people to live in. All I see nowadays are 400sqft lockers in the sky or 5000+sqft mansions in the outskirts.
6. Ban HELOCs to be used as down-payments for the next home purchase!
7. Ban Airbnbs and short-term rentals. Implement a hefty fine for those who breach the rules.

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Although I agree that we need to strike and protest, I feel like we should also collectively do something to crash the market and disenfranchise the idiotic landlord class.
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I started my healing journey in the end of 2020. It was when I started therapy.
At first, I was doing therapy with an Psychoanalyst. After a few months, she said that I didnt have depression (that is what i always thought i had, since i was 11). I was sad and struggling, but the actual diagnose of depression, no, I probably didnt have - that is what she said. After a year with her, I changed to a Psychologist.
After two sessions the Psychologist said I probably had Bipolar Disorder. According to her, I was a person with a very white and black way of thinking, always hurting myself, and viewing things and people with extreme lenses - with a quick search i saw those were def bpd symptons. I stopped having sessions with her. The only good thing was that she pushed me to see a Psychiatrist. And that is what I did.
He told me I probably had Borderline Personality Disorder - in the first session. He prescribed me antidepressants and anxiolytics - i ended up never taking those.
The new Psychologist that i have to this day, says that she is not sure what i have. She doesnt like labels.
To this day, Im still very confused on what I have. And i still doubt that I have Bpd. Because I lack a lot of the symptons. But at the same time, If not Bpd, than what? I know that I have something, and Bpd is what I connect with the most.
Here is what happened with me and why I think I may have bpd:
As a kid, I went thru several traumas: i was in a car crash at 4 and i lost my brother in the accident. I remember almost everything of it. My parents never talked about it with me. I had to go thru grieve alone. At 5, my grandma sexually assaulted me. Twice. It took me years to realize what actually happened. I used to love her. My mom was also cold and distant, and im pretty sure i was neglected. I was a very lonely child; always playing alone, eating alone. Somehow I was always alone. Also, my parents used to fight a lot. I never saw the physical fights, but i could hear screams and things breaking. It was hell. I dont know if my dad used to beat my mom. But i think he did. What im sure is that he always cheated on her. I was bullied constantly by my "friends" between the age of 11 and 13. At 15 years old i moved to a totally different country and got bullied there too. I was alone with no friends in the first two whole years of high school.
I also went thru very toxic relationships. I was also toxic myself. If the person did something i didnt like or if i didnt feel loved enough, i would cheat. I cheated in all my relationships. I had a boyfriend that would threaten me, saying he would kill himself if i leave him. He would show me his cuts.
And in regards of the last boyfriend that i had (between 19 years old and 21), I also would cut myself so I could have his attention. I did that for him to care; for him to take care of me. We used to live in different cities, and every time he left i would feel like i was going to die. Literally. I told him that once. Once he left, I would be in bed all day. Crying. Grieving his imaginary death.
I also ended up very addicted to weed. That changed my life completly. i would said it saved me for a while; but then destroyed me. I had to move out of the country that i was living, drop out the university i was in and went back to live with my mom - all that to stop smoking. I was using other things to, but in a very unhealthy way (alone, in my room, over dosing): ectasy and ketamine. I also did mushrooms, which was actually good for me. But i was smoking weed every day, and using ectasy and ketamine and mushrooms, all in a period of time of 3 months or less.
Also, I always had compulsive eating... or i would either starve myself. But mostly eating till i get sick.
I do lack the agressive part of bdp, and this makes me doubt if i really have it.
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EDIT: ok, this was my quesiton before reading the rules: (If you have Bpd, please help me. I just want a light. I dont want to be confused anymore. I wanna know what i have so i can help myself better. Do you think I could have Bpd or something else? Or for sure is Bpd?). And I was asking this to you guys because its hard for me to trust my therapists. All the doctors that i went... they all left me confused. I wanted to hear from people that struggle with this, but I understand if its not possible to spectulate a label on me.
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After reading the #4 rule, please just answer this one: If you have BPD, how do you experience it? How is it for you? And how do you cope with borderline? What helps?

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I have quite a few things for sale so bundling would be great for shipping costs and priority will go to bundles. All prices listed include shipping. I'm in the San Diego area if anyone wants to do local deal.
Switch games: $400 for all together https://imgur.com/a/SQLhILB Grandia HD Collection - $80 Fire Emblem 3 Houses - $30 Pokemon Pearl - $30 (damage to cover art) SMTV (loose) - $15 FF9 (loose) - $15 Undertale ( loose) - $15 Persona 5 Strikers - $20 Astria Ascending - $15 South Park TFBW - $15 The Outer Worlds - $15 Assassins Creed Rebel Collection - $15 Battlechasers Nightwar - $15 Valkryia Chronicles 4 - $15 Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth - $25 Tokyo Mirage Sessions - $30 Ni No Kuni - $15 Ni No Kuni 2 - $15 Sakuna of Rice and Ruin - $20 13 Sentinels Aegis Rim - $30 Cris Tales - $15 Final Fantasy X/X-2 (with unused code) - $15 Dragon Ball Fighterz - $15
Wii console bundle - $140 https://imgur.com/a/DHfftvJ Includes all accessories, 2 third party gamecube controllers, Metroid Prime 1 and 2, and memory card
Sony MDRXB950N - $50 https://imgur.com/a/MmZQsoZ Nice BT over ear headphone with ANC and extra bass boost functions. Great condition. Minor scuffing on the headband metal. Includes box but no charging cable or 3.5mm cable.
Bqeyz Autumn - $115 Neat little iem that has swappable magnetic filters. I demoed these briefly and found that the tuning discs actually do make a decent difference. Excellent condition. I don't have original box but will come with case, iems, oem 4.4mm cable, filters and magnetic tool. No tips included but I'm sure I can throw in some random ones if needed.
Truthear Hola - $10 (will only include if something else is purchased otherwise it won't be worth it for me to ship separately) Tuning is nice on these and for the price I think they are great. Great conditon CIB set with case, cable, and tips.
iBasso DC03 Pro - $45 This is a great little amp! I bought this NIB to compare against my hipdac. I just personally prefer the warm tone of the hipdac and the option of 4.4mm. CIB in excellent condition. Used < 5 hours total.